NSG 2113 Midterm Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The Lalonde Report is significant in that it was the first to emphasize what? - CORRECT ANSWER
a behavioural approach to health
What is the "watershed" document that marked the shift from lifestyle to socioenvironmental
approach to health? - CORRECT ANSWER The Ottawa Charter
From a socioenvironmental perspective, what are the major determinants of health? - CORRECT
ANSWER Psychosocial risk factors and socioenvironmental risk factors.
What is the main reason that intersectoral collaboration is a necessary strategy to reach the goal of
"health for all"? - CORRECT ANSWER The determinants of health are broad
Providing immunizations against measles is an example of what level of prevention? - CORRECT
ANSWER Primary prevention
T or F: Health promotion strategies focus primarily on helping people develop healthy behaviours. -
CORRECT ANSWER F
The belief that health is primarily an individual responsibility is most congruent to which approach to
health? - CORRECT ANSWER behavioural
What is the most influential health determinant? - CORRECT ANSWER Income and social
status
At what are health promotion activities aimed? - CORRECT ANSWER Increasing the level of
well-being
What are the 5 principles of the Canadian Health Act? - CORRECT ANSWER Public
Administration
Comprehensiveness
, Universality
Accessibility
Portability
5 levels of health care - CORRECT ANSWER promotive
preventive
curative
rehabilitative
supportive
Public health focuses mainly on - CORRECT ANSWER promotion
Blood pressure screening is an example of a __________________ strategy - CORRECT ANSWER
secondary level
T or F: Primary care can only be provided by a physician or in a hospital setting - CORRECT
ANSWER F
During the 18th century, what was the main health reason for increased need of health facilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER infectious diseases
Who is known as the founder of modern nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER Florence
Nightingale
The earliest role of nurses involved - CORRECT ANSWER using herbal remedies to relieve
symptoms
Minimum standards for nursing education are set by - CORRECT ANSWER the provincial
regulators and associations
A theory is best understood as a set of assumptions or propositions that becomes useful when it .... -
CORRECT ANSWER provides a systematic view of explaining, predicting and prescribing
phenomena
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The Lalonde Report is significant in that it was the first to emphasize what? - CORRECT ANSWER
a behavioural approach to health
What is the "watershed" document that marked the shift from lifestyle to socioenvironmental
approach to health? - CORRECT ANSWER The Ottawa Charter
From a socioenvironmental perspective, what are the major determinants of health? - CORRECT
ANSWER Psychosocial risk factors and socioenvironmental risk factors.
What is the main reason that intersectoral collaboration is a necessary strategy to reach the goal of
"health for all"? - CORRECT ANSWER The determinants of health are broad
Providing immunizations against measles is an example of what level of prevention? - CORRECT
ANSWER Primary prevention
T or F: Health promotion strategies focus primarily on helping people develop healthy behaviours. -
CORRECT ANSWER F
The belief that health is primarily an individual responsibility is most congruent to which approach to
health? - CORRECT ANSWER behavioural
What is the most influential health determinant? - CORRECT ANSWER Income and social
status
At what are health promotion activities aimed? - CORRECT ANSWER Increasing the level of
well-being
What are the 5 principles of the Canadian Health Act? - CORRECT ANSWER Public
Administration
Comprehensiveness
, Universality
Accessibility
Portability
5 levels of health care - CORRECT ANSWER promotive
preventive
curative
rehabilitative
supportive
Public health focuses mainly on - CORRECT ANSWER promotion
Blood pressure screening is an example of a __________________ strategy - CORRECT ANSWER
secondary level
T or F: Primary care can only be provided by a physician or in a hospital setting - CORRECT
ANSWER F
During the 18th century, what was the main health reason for increased need of health facilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER infectious diseases
Who is known as the founder of modern nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER Florence
Nightingale
The earliest role of nurses involved - CORRECT ANSWER using herbal remedies to relieve
symptoms
Minimum standards for nursing education are set by - CORRECT ANSWER the provincial
regulators and associations
A theory is best understood as a set of assumptions or propositions that becomes useful when it .... -
CORRECT ANSWER provides a systematic view of explaining, predicting and prescribing
phenomena
